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And at least 5 times a year someone designs a new one where it is painfully obvious that they're almost entirely unaware that anyone has ever designed one before - or if you're very lucky, maybe they've heard of ABC.


Hours, for me.


It has nothing whatsoever to do with sinking CO2.


I understand this, but it coincidentally uses CO2 and it's hard for me to understand why the technology would sound "too good to be true" without imagining such a purpose.


It's a one-time "use" though, it's not consuming CO2, so it's not going to move any needle


Could you add Codabar?

edit: oh, I guess you can't, because Apple Wallet doesn't support it.


i think there's a way but it's hacky. instead of using the barcode property it would add an image based on your inputted codabar.


That would be pretty great. I have half a dozen codabar-based cards.


Try Pass4Wallet from the app store. It's free and supports a huge array of barcode types, including codabar. It's been my go-to custom card app for a number of years.


A very particular set of skills.


“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.” ― Frederik Pohl


being able to reply IS the ability to send to an arbitrary address, because the SMTP protocol makes it trivial to SEND an email from any arbitrary address.


You hit the nail on the head. From an SMTP perspective, 'replying' is functionally identical to 'sending,' which is why most disposable mail services are strictly receive-only.

The moment you allow outbound traffic, you risk being weaponized as an open relay for spam. To implement a safe 'Reply-Only' feature, Mephisto would need a sophisticated validation layer that cryptographically links the outbound reply to a specific, recently received message ID. Even then, rate-limiting would have to be extremely aggressive. For now, staying receive-only is a deliberate choice to protect the service's reputation and ensure 100% uptime.


Can you please write comments yourself instead of feeding every comment into an LLM and saying "reply to this"?


nah its just me lol english isnt my native language so i tried way too hard to sound professional and clear... guess i overdid it and sounded like a bot. im just super nervous with 145 users right now my heart is still racing trying to keep up


There are additional protocols like SPF, DKIM, DMARC which allow to restrict who can send mail for a domain. In this case you should be able to validate the address.


You may also enjoy https://typeto.me/ (discussed 15 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2916453 ), a web version of talk/ntalk/ytalk


Bikers (my dad was one) used to be that. The culture has been almost entirely taken over by MAGA.


Can confirm. My once awesome riding group is now spouting hate and bigotry and trying to act 1%er. Just without the sons of anarchy.


> old-school analog awesomeness of galactic empires that seem to entirely lack integrated circuits

Reminds me of Harry Turtledove's The Road Not Taken.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_(short_stor...


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